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James Monroe Means

Birth
Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
Death
unknown
Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
Burial
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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"The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 525

Clemmons Means, born 26 January 1800, Randolph County, North Carolina; died 27 December 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas.

1st Married in 1820, Overton Co, TN: NANCY CARLOCK, born 10 May 1801, North Carolina; died in 1865, Nacogdoches, County, Texas.

Nancy was the daughter of Job and Nancy (McDonald) Carlock.

"Clem" was a noted Cumberland Presbyterian Minister. He came to Overton County, Tennessee with his father and was there in 1820. In 1826 and 1830 he was in Clay County, Missouri. By 1835 he returned to Overton County, Tennessee and remained there until 1850 when he moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas where he helped establish the first Presbyterian Church and was its first minister. He also assisted in founding the first Masonic Lodge in Nacogdoches County. An autobiography of Clemmons is contained in a book entitled "Old Men of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church." Following is the issue of Clemmons and Nancy:

1 - Susan, b 22 August 1821; d 1906
2 - James Monroe, b ca 1823 (d young)
3 - Martha M, b 1 Jun 1825; married Samuel Tate
4 - Elizabeth, b 1828
5 - Lafayette M, b 15 May 1830
6 - Nancy Caroline, b ca 1832 (she married John W Damron)
7 - Lavina M, b 23 March 1835; d 27 Dec 1879
8 - Andrew Job, b 15 Jun 1837; d 1916
9 - Mary S, b ca 1840; married 10 March 1859, Thomas J Damron
10-Robertson Smith, b 10 January 1842; d 10 May 1897
"The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 525

Clemmons Means, born 26 January 1800, Randolph County, North Carolina; died 27 December 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas.

1st Married in 1820, Overton Co, TN: NANCY CARLOCK, born 10 May 1801, North Carolina; died in 1865, Nacogdoches, County, Texas.

Nancy was the daughter of Job and Nancy (McDonald) Carlock.

"Clem" was a noted Cumberland Presbyterian Minister. He came to Overton County, Tennessee with his father and was there in 1820. In 1826 and 1830 he was in Clay County, Missouri. By 1835 he returned to Overton County, Tennessee and remained there until 1850 when he moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas where he helped establish the first Presbyterian Church and was its first minister. He also assisted in founding the first Masonic Lodge in Nacogdoches County. An autobiography of Clemmons is contained in a book entitled "Old Men of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church." Following is the issue of Clemmons and Nancy:

1 - Susan, b 22 August 1821; d 1906
2 - James Monroe, b ca 1823 (d young)
3 - Martha M, b 1 Jun 1825; married Samuel Tate
4 - Elizabeth, b 1828
5 - Lafayette M, b 15 May 1830
6 - Nancy Caroline, b ca 1832 (she married John W Damron)
7 - Lavina M, b 23 March 1835; d 27 Dec 1879
8 - Andrew Job, b 15 Jun 1837; d 1916
9 - Mary S, b ca 1840; married 10 March 1859, Thomas J Damron
10-Robertson Smith, b 10 January 1842; d 10 May 1897


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